Add DVD burners to that. I remember them being easily $700. Less then 8 months later you could buy one for $300. Video games had nothing to do with that. Hell, two and a half years ago I bought a 1 gig memory stick for $600. How much are they now? I could keep going with this.
I too think the Chinese had more to do with the prices dropping. In 2001, I bought the last Chinese player for ~$70 while others that sat on the shelf were $160-170 (I still use it, BTW).
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Originally Posted by lordsmurf
But I bet that HD supporters would feel a lot more comfortable if the PS3 shipped with HD instead of BD.
After all, an those extra millions of supporters is not to be sniffed at.Regards,
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With the new announcements about the TOTAL HD disc (supports both Blu-ray Disc & HD DVD) and the announcements about dual format burners, I think the game player debate is now meaningless.
The only important factor now is price.
The tide is turning in favor of the consumer.
Jerry Jones
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Originally Posted by rhegedus
can wait for a very long long time, if a player is at its current price (even at
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Originally Posted by rhegedus
Warner Bros. says it plans next week to unveil at the Consumer Electronics Show a DVD disc that plays competing formats for high-definition content, potentially making the buying of HD movies less daunting for consumers. Nevertheless, major Hollywood studios that have sided with either HD DVD or Blu-ray are unlikely to support the dual-format disk, at least in the short term, so the technology is not expected to have an immediate impact, one expert says. Warner on Friday confirmed that Barry Meyer, chairman and chief executive of Warner Bros. Entertainment, would unveil the disc on Tuesday at the Las Vegas, Nev., trade show. Called Total Hi-Def, the disc would make it possible to play a movie in either a HD DVD player or a Blu-ray player.
However, it has already convinced me to wait.
Jerry Jones
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Originally Posted by MozartMan
Just saw this news on Tom's, fresh from CES 2007:
http://www.tgdaily.com/2007/01/05/toshiba_hd_hvd_writer/ -
Seems like we're on the right track, finally. Now it's just a matter of price.
On second thought: If they set the price around $100 ( yeah, I know) for this writer and start selling in volume we could safely assume that HD format war is over provided media is available at reasonable price. -
You can already burn "HD-DVD" disks using current
DVD disks and burners. Each DL DVD disk can save
about 1 hour HD movie. Actually, this web site and
some others have already had some information about
how to make such a "HD-DVD". The only extra cost
probably is just a new burning software (Nero 7?).
http://www.emedialive.com/Articles/ReadArticle.aspx?ArticleID=12157
Does BR has any similar offer? I have not heard
of any. Will Sony create a way to use regular DVD
in BR player, similar to "HD-DVD"? I do not think
so. Companies exist to make more money for them,
not to save more money for you. -
People who want to enrich their digitall lives . . by watching hi-def movies (thus spending out the extra on large TV, 5.1 sound and expensive movie) are not going to be content playing that back thru some cheap jack-shot game system. They will opt for a fancy standalone player.
** its too early to call, neither side has kicked the Ball more than once **Corned beef is now made to a higher standard than at any time in history.
The electronic components of the power part adopted a lot of Rubycons. -
Originally Posted by xxiangg
Sony has MP3 player before Ipod, and loss the entire market because the burden of insisting on Sony's only encoded music. Video format always being use as home video too. Consumers face with another Sony brickwall, will just vote with their wallets and walk away from BR. -
Originally Posted by xxiangg
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Finally: VideoScan Releases High-Def Disc Sales Numbers
According to VideoScan, during the first two weeks of January, Blu-ray discs outsold HD DVD by more than a 2:1 margin.
Blu-ray media sales set to shoot past HD DVD purchases
Earlier this year, HD DVD backers said 175,000 players shipped in the US up to 5 January. That contrasts with the million-plus PlayStation 3s Sony claimed to have shipped by roughly the same date. In both cases, shipments do not necessarily equate to sales, but crucially BD-capable devices are clearly outselling HD DVD machines.
Thumping.....
Regards,
Rob -
Originally Posted by rhegedus
It should be noted that the two weeks in question saw only two new high-def disc releases -- both from Blu-ray ('The Covenant' on Jan 2, and 'Crank' on Jan 9).
Personally, at this time in history I think the "HD/Blu-Ray War" has all the intensity of a Bugs Bunny vs. Elmer Fudd grudge match! :P -
Earlier this year, HD DVD backers said 175,000 players shipped in the US up to 5 January. That contrasts with the million-plus PlayStation 3s Sony claimed to have shipped by roughly the same date. In both cases, shipments do not necessarily equate to sales, but crucially BD-capable devices are clearly outselling HD DVD machines.Want my help? Ask here! (not via PM!)
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Originally Posted by lordsmurfRegards,
Rob -
Originally Posted by Specialist
http://www.eproductwars.com/dvd/Regards,
Rob -
Originally Posted by rhegedusWant my help? Ask here! (not via PM!)
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I'm surprised after 5 pages, nothing has been said about the technology behind the hardware. Not that I care either way, I'll switch when I have no other choice. But just the fact the data layer of BR discs is right there on the bottom face of the disc; protected only by a .004' (0.1mm, the thickness of a standard paper sheet) polycarbonate film (probably TDK's anti scratch material, at first they were gonna use a cartridge), doesn't reassure me. I can just imagine what new and inventive ways little Johnny will come up with and wreck that disc. No Disc Doctor is gonna fix this. I guess a BR win would bring back a re-birth of the self destroying DIVX discs. The BR disc design is due to the grooves being so close together (hence the higher capacity) that laser alignment is critical to prevent mis-reads. Does that mean BR will show laser tracking problems earlier than DVD player? BR fans shouldn't despair, HD players' laser use the same pretty shade of blue-violet.
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Physical media for movie distribution is dead and only the troglodytes argue about which dead format is superior. Once you can take off the blinders and see both "emperors" have no clothes, the entire HD-DVD/Blu-Ray tempest in a toilet bowl issue becomes not only moot but laughable.
Certainly massive storage requirements will favor one or the other format (or maybe neither, eh?)
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I personally prefer physical media to distribute movies. It is a lot easier and more economical to buy a DVD rack to store movies, then to buy a new hard drive when your current one is filled up.
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Originally Posted by rumplestiltskin
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Earlier on Friday, the Hollywood Reporter quoted unidentified industry sources as saying Toshiba was widely expected to pull the plug on HD DVD in the coming weeks.
Toshiba spokeswoman Junko Furuta said none of what was reported in the magazine had been decided. She declined to comment further, saying: "We cannot comment on speculation."
In th past, Toshiba will affirm they are 110% behind HD DVD.
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